Yazoo City herald., 1887-07-29

Now that the sweaty turmoil
the prohibiiIon elections Is abou
over ID most Of the eOnnlies, 40
now that the American citizen d.
mlcIled In the State Of MississipI
has just RlQri0nsly completed th
naturally glorious work Of geitln
as many 0liices as possible 70
himself aud bis trends and b
writing on the bIack board 0f del
tiny the names Of those chose
few, who are for The next Two Z
four years, 70 arrest him or cOIlec
COSTS out Of him or TO bind owe
his local editors 10 keep Oh
peace, II would DO well perhap
TO consider some matters OF genei
81 Legislation In which the fai
name and The honor Of our below
ed STATE are even more intimatgl'
bound up.
Some twenty.six years ag'
thousands Of young men, som'
middle-aged and some old ones
lett the firesides Of Mississippi
bidding farewell 10 brave anr
trusting women. who cheerel
them nobly on their way 10 SAD
and bloody dutirs on the battle
fields OF Virginia, Georgia and
Tennessee Many oi them went
there 10 die, some 10 return MAIN
ed, crippled aud helpless for life,
a few, thank God a very few 10
desert. shirk or Otherwise prove
untrue. All that Is history now.
Be Il so. Let the passions aud
prsjudices OF the old time be bur
rled with the old time itself, which
y0n say. Is dead.
But the duties which grew out
Of the old time have come down
to ns and cannot, should not be-
buried Those men were taught
to think that they we're doing 500
man service noble aud patriotic
seryice-ior a dear country aud a
great cause; and right nobIy did
they do IL, 40 gFandly, so bravely, /,
with such constancy and devotion
that TALL the world wondered" +"
aud all the world shall continue
10 wonder until time shalt assume
for all men the guise Of. eternity.
Those who died hays their reward;
all that they need in this world,
and all that they fought foy the
grateful love OF q great people.
Those who were deserters, snirk
eTs and untrue 10 the mOther-land
from whose bosom they drank
and still do drink sweet nourish-
ment have had their reward -all
they deserved-0bliyiOn and for
giveness from y Inagnanimous peo.
pie. Those disabled By disease,
or crippled or manned in battle.
true 10 the bitter end have had
what doubtless seemcd TO the pol
iliciaus who gave II 10 them a
aud sufficient reward, for
have not the people OF the State
OF Mississippi, through their Sen.
ate and House OF Representatives
10 Legislature assembled extended
to those MANNED and crippled con
iederate veterans the profitable
and splendid privilege OF peddiing
without license, provided they
have lost hand or foot aud pro.
pided they peddls exclusively for
their own benefit. Sec. s $50,
Code 1880.
1t is but miserable man who
lights for his native land, not be-
sause I: is his duty aud his cOun.
Iry's right but because of some
reward that he expects. But how
much more miserable add con.
are we IL IL can be said
hat there is a single nan In our
midst who is disabled from max.
ng an honest living, and who
yves that disability simply 10
aithful service rendered to the
State OF Mississippi aud TO dan
.ers Incarred for the sake Of The
owe he bore her. There IL but
me state Of things imaginable
prevent such course OF |
0nduct on our partition sIiHking |
D the n0strils Of our own posteri.
y. That would be our own finan.
ial inability, our utter helpless.
ess 10 help.
Such an excuse we could have
iven truthfully for years, we eau
ow resort 10 il no longer.
We are beginning to prosper
nee more in this worlds good,
nd the signs Of the times are that
IL shall wax more aud more
rosperous as the harVests sue
eed one another. Tue state OF
len Humphreys, Carnot POsey,
William Barksdale and Jefferson
lavis can 10 lenger afford 10 com.
ensals the loss OF a limb al her
Dmmand aad in her service by
Etending the privilege Of ped
ling Without q license It's proUi
10 7 OF that s $50, code 1880
lades OF those Whe died az 'Shi.
h aud Gettysbergl Cannot
lme name be found, known to
cd or men, By conjuring with
hich, immortality may be con-.
rred on 566 OF the code Of 1SS0l
We talk Of erecting monuments
stone and bronze TO our dead.
o YOU think, il they can see What
e ale doing, that they regard
llh much veneratiOn the useless,
ockeries Of cornerstone.laying,
ID status-unvelling, 90 long as
ey see vt the same time their
sabled living brethren-in arms,
brave As they themselves, vIr-
ally begging iheir bread, SUBJ ,
sting in poor houses, or Iorced !
+ = living 10 solicit pensions in
3 shape Of public ofices-ofh.
10 OIL which many Of the poor I,
lows are Incompetent, aud 10
lich. out Of regard for the Ell
sncy Of the pubic service they
a not be elected.
The nObIest monument that can
er be erected 10 the dead Of The
II cause is one, the conversions
which they themselves have
d. aud The carvings on the pc.
slal OF which. even their old en-.
lies are making beanuful day
day, the history Of their deeds,
eds compared with which The
arge az Balaclava vas child's
~, aud the stand Of the old ,
ard az Waterloo sinks into in y
,niiicance.